Bob Nielson and the South Dakota Coyotes are set to kickoff the 2017 season Saturday night (Sept. 2), in Des Moines, against Drake. Jay Elson teamed up with USD Radio Sideline Reporter John Thayer - also of ESPN 1570 in Yankton - to give you the most in-depth preseason analysis imaginable.

A few hours after he had officially unveiled his 2017 recruiting class, I caught up with South Dakota head football coach Bob Nielson in Sioux Falls.
Here is the full transcript of that interview:
JE: Let’s start with your overall impressions. Class number two for you here at USD and what appears to be another successful recruiting cycle.
BN:...

South Dakota knew what it needed and, judging exclusively by the numbers, it looks like they got it.
More than half of the 31 high school football standouts that inked a National Letter of Intent with the Coyotes Wednesday (Feb. 1) will play either offensive or defensive line. There's no way to know if any of them will make an immediate impact,...

Today we take a look at SouthDakota high school football players who will be signing their NLI on February 1, 2017. We talk to future USD player Lincoln Gibbs, future SDSU player Austin Boen and NDSU Player, Spencer Waege about their college choices.
See the full list of commits here.